>> the head of the u.s. strategic command will testify about threats from russia and north korea. watch live coverage from the armed services committee starting tomorrow on c-span3. later in the day, also on c-span3, richard trumka will discuss trade, infrastructure and workers rights. that is from the national press club at 1:00 p.m. eastern. next, u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley talks about her goals for the coming month as she assumes the rotating presidency of the united nations

security council. ambassador haley was asked about russia and human rights at this one-hour news briefing. >> first of all -- >> oh -- >> no, no. >> welcome, everybody. i hope you pick up the program of work copies. if you did not, the spokesman's office will provide you with a copy of that. i am happy to furnish you with one after the meeting, we will send it over to you. ambassador haley, i don't need to introduce her really. we all know who she is. this room is unbelievably packed. welcome all. she will begin her press conference talking about the program at work and once she

wraps that up, she will be delighted to take questions from the media out there. without further ado, ambassador haley. ambassador haley: first and foremost, we have been glued to the news in reference to the russian event that happened today in st. petersburg. it's heartbreaking. no matter where this happens, it is heartbreaking. when you see innocent lives lost in such a senseless manner, it goes back to just enforce why the security council is so important. why what we do at the united nations is so important and why our priority always has to be focused on those issues. so our thoughts and prayers go out, obviously, to those who were lost and their loved ones at this time. i am going to have to remember and i ask is that you will help me with this, is switching on the hat on and off when i am security council president and when i am in my national

capacity, so i am going to try to get used to that. if you have any question of which one i am speaking on, the more respectful and polite one will be the security council president, and the one that will be more blunt is me. now let's just kind of start with the most important news of the day and that is south carolina won the basketball tournament last night which i'm very, very excited about. proud to say that clemson won the championship, coastal carolina won the championship and if that wasn't enough, we had the number one golfer who is doing a fantastic job is well. had to put in my south carolina plug. now, let's go to the program of work. you will see basically the same calendar that you see month to month. that is going to stay as is but you will see that we have to semantics that were going

-- thematics that we are going to be pushing. the first somatic is going to be focused on you in peacekeeping and u.n peacekeeping. i had numerous conversations with the secretary-general about keeping reform and the members of the secretary general have talked about how they want the keeping -- they want peace keeping reform. the goal is to be effective and efficient through the process and to make sure we are helping the people on the ground. going back and looking at the mandate to see if they actually work, what the political solutions are, are the governments working with us in terms of getting the aid to the people and how we're going to revise as needed to make sure we are changing with the times. i appreciate the support of the security council in that they are willing to move forward on that. also to say -- in the name of transparency, it is important to have as many public meetings as possible. i have always been a

transparency girl. i think it is better so all but three will be public for everyone to see. that just means in an open setting. the security council will be allowing for an open setting in terms of that and we will try to maintain that as we go through the month of the calendar. the second somatic we're going to have is in reference to human rights. as president, i strongly believe that if you look at the conflicts we have in the world, they always go back to the human rights issues on the ground within those countries. with the security council and the idea they are looking for peace and security for the people around the world, it is incumbent for us to look at the the conflict and how human rights relate to that conflict. if you're looking at syria and the story of the teenagers and how that set off so much. if you look at the fruit stand retailer that set himself on fire in front of the police in tunisia.

if you look at all of these issues, it all comes back to the fact that could we have stopped it sooner? should we have called out something sooner? had we done that -- you can't help but look at syria and say all these we could of done prior, how we make sure we don't go through that process again it is not intended to in any way call out certain countries or use of this as the gotcha game. is to do respectively, what are the issues that lead to conflict? how do we allow extremism to come in because of the vulnerabilities of the human rights conflict? we think that is incredibly important. you do not see that on your program of work because some of my friends are struggling with that issue still, but we do fully expect to have that on the 18th debate and are working with our friends to make sure we can come to a resolution on that. thirdly, you will see that we are going to have at

-- a ministerial. we will talk about the tillerson willx talk about the nonproliferation of north korea and we would appreciate the council's support in allowing us to put that on the program of work as well. finally, we're going to have a middle east briefing that will not be so focused on israel and the palestinian authority. we are actually going to talk about the iranian support for terrorism, the syrian government, hezbollah and hamas, all the other issues that go along with that because we think they are often ignored and not paid attention to. that is our goal in terms of the middle east open debate. so i think with that in mind, that covers almost everything. i will now remind you that being president of the security council is intimidating and it is very busy and i'm feeling -- still in learning mode. we are going to represent as

best we can. i appreciate all of you and your kindness and how you have treated me so far. >> let's go through the calendar, a little more detail. >> no, we don't need to do that. we don't need to -- this is the same thing you see every single time. if you want me to drag it out, i will. >> a lot of you guys are going to get a lot of opportunity. i am just going to do a little dance of care. let's start with sherwin please. >> ambassador haley, i'm a correspondent for south african broadcasting and the president of the u.n. correspondents association. we have a tradition when we have a press conference of welcoming you on behalf of the u.n. correspondents association, madam president. last week at the council on foreign relations you call the democratic republic of the congo government corrupt and said it preys on his citizens. you also said that the u.n.

through its peacekeeping mission was aiding a government that is inflicting predatory behavior against its people. the mandate was extended by a year. why is it that the united states voted in favor of that mandate having sort of implied that the u.n. peacekeeping mission was aiding a corrupt government which implies they are corrupt as well? could you clarify please? ambassador haley: good question. that is exactly what we're trying to go to with peacekeeping which is look at the original mandate and see if it is working. the goal with peacekeeping reforms is the number one make sure we shift what we saw -- where it wasn't about more resources but being smarter with the resources. it was about, what are we going to do in terms of reporting. we can look at the contributing countries and see if we are holding them accountable. the strategic review was very important in september. the idea was to go back and see if we are on the right path. so much of these peacekeeping

missions, i feel like, have been people just assume they are always going to be there but really our goal is to make sure they are working for the people on the ground, and especially with minusco, when you see so many of the cards remaining in -- when you see so many of the soldiers remaining in their barracks while the citizens are being threatened, that is not peacekeeping. what i hope to see is, is the mandate real? are we taking in account political solutions? what are we going to do if the governments do not work with us on this and are the troops on the ground doing the work they need to be doing? the security council all came together on it.

-- the whole focus at the end of the day will be the people on the ground in need and to the reason the peacekeeping mission was started in the first place. i think it was a great effort. i hope every peacekeeping mission can work in that direction. hi, edie. >> thank you, madam ambassador. on the human rights issue, there has been a lot of media this weekend on the fact that the administration is leaving human rights out of meeting on bahrain, on egypt, on other issues. so it seems sort of strange and interesting that you are here in the u.n. pushing human rights at a time that the administration seems to be backing away. i wonder if you could comment on that? ambassador haley: i don't think the administration is backing away from human rights because they fully support me speaking on human rights at the security council.

what you can look at is with every conflict, there are a lot of different elements. our number one priority -- i'm speaking from my national capacity at this point. the number-one priority is counterterrorism area when we -- counterterrorism. terrorism is becoming a huge problem and we want to make sure we are working with as many friends as we can to defeat it. we want to stay true to our values. human rights has always been an important part about what america believes. human rights is, to me, integral in how a country treats of their people and what can cause protests and conflict and how that can lead on to more serious situations where the extremists can come in and take advantage. the administration has been very supportive of me talking about human rights. >> matthew, go ahead, you are right there.

>> i thought we don't call him matthew. just kidding. good matthew lee, inner-city one. press. i'm hoping you will be stakeout as much as possible. i want to ask about reform. you said that maybe the u.n. shouldn't pay peacekeepers if they abuse the people they are supposed to protect, i just want to know more specifics. with this mean individual peacekeepers who have been found guilty or if the contingent has a large amount of charged? -- for sexual abuse -- there were 25 people repatriated for sexual abuse in one case but they are still there. how can you implement this control and your national capacity? do you think the u.s. secretary -- you and secretary should have of information act, do you have a duty to respond to how they are spending money to the public. just have a practice of saying

how money is spent should be disclosed when journalists or citizens asked? ambassador haley: in my national capacity i will tell you i met with the secretary-general on multiple occasions to talk about the contributing countries and how we hold them accountable. i think that their intent is always to do the best they can but we have to make sure we have a firm reporting on exactly what is happening. individually, we need to know what kind of cases are there and how they were held accountable by the contributing country, but also, as a percentage with the group, if we see this to be a problem -- and i've asked the secretary-general if i can talk to those contributing countries. it is important that they know what is expected of them. two, i think it is important they know we are going to be starting a reporting process. and three, at what point do we move a contributing country because we do not think they are being beneficial to the process?

i hope this actions come together. i think that is hugely important and what we're trying to do. you know, i think from the peacekeeping reform standpoint , you're going to see this open debate of security council members but it is just the beginning. i hope this is the beginning of the many things we will talk about when it comes to true peacekeeping reform. it is such a large part of the u.n. budget that to focus on that is going to be very important. as far as transparency and allowing information to go out, it is an important part to the democratic process and an important part to reporting. i will -- my goal has always been not to get in the way of that. >> richard ross, cnn. >> ambassador, i will begin by using the words you may want to hear in eight years. madam president, i have a question for you. [laughter]

>> two quickies, number one, is it true president trump offered you the secretary of state job? you can put on your blunt hat for that answer. and what is the dynamic relationship between you and the secretary of state tillerson. it reminds me of 1993 was not on -- madeleine albright and warren christopher. you can speak openly and he , being the secretary of state, doesn't care to have -- -- talk much to the media, etc. ambassador haley: first, we need to acknowledge the bit of media that came out in the past couple of days in reference to my role and what i do. it's amazing, every position i have ever had, people have assumed i'm looking for something bigger when in reality , i am the daughter of indian parents who said to me whatever you do, be great at it and to

make sure people remember you for it. that is all i'm trying to do and all i've ever known how to be. to do my job to the best of my ability and if that comes out blunt or comes out strong, i am one of three brothers and our parents raise us to be strong. that is the situation there. i'm going to have to go back to what your question was. what was the second part of the question? >> did president trump offer you the secretary of state job? >> so the secretary of state position. the original call i received to go to trump tower was to discuss secretary of state. no, he did not offer it. it was a discussion we were having at the time. when we went in, that was the position we were discussing. and then thirdly, i see secretary tillerson as a great partner. we work very well together as i do with the general mcmaster and mattis andtus --

secretary kelly. we know we all have a place in this administration but more importantly we are working as a team. there are not any dynamics that would portray anything other than that. i have enjoyed working with all of them and i think they all have a lot to contribute to this administration and i am honored to be a part of that team. >> hello, ambassador. i'm from the "wall street journal." i want to ask how do you assess your relationship with the secretary-general and the u.n. there is been a lot of talk at the human among officials that the trump administration is a risk and a threat to the u.n. from funding concerns from concerns of pulling out of the human rights council to not supporting a two state solution and climate change. can you address of that? perception, at least, that you are a threat -- or the

administration is a threat. ambassador haley: i don't know what the perception is. what i would want the perception to be, and i think this administration wants the perception to be, is that we are moving forward with accountability. my job is to show the american people value in the u.n. and through that, the way that is important is to change the culture of the u.n. stale, tos to not be start talking about things we have not always talked about. to look at certain peacekeeping reforms and see if we can do more to help the people on the ground. i know the budget is part of that communication but i can tell you in talking with so many other member states, they are happy we are starting to look at the value of the u.n. they all realize there is a role that we can play the need to -- that needs to change with the times. to look at how this administration is looking at the u.n., i would say there's data -- they are looking at it with fresh eyes. they are looking at it to see

where can we show value, where is it not working and what do we want our involvement to be? the goal right now is, i hope you see leadership from the united states. i think it is very important that all member states know exactly what we are for. know exactly what we are against. when we think something is wrong, we should make it very clear on what we think is wrong and we should handle it accordingly. that's the way leadership should be, not just from d.c., but also from new york. >> a few questions from the arab media. ambassador haley: you are my favorite right now. >> my name is sallal hassi. we heard you over the weekend in your different interviews with fox and the others, that

fighting isis is a priority now. if i give you a list of priorities, can you base these -- place these priorities in order as the administration sees them. fighting against isis is the top. finding a political solution to syria, holding assad accountable , and fighting isis as a priority. would you consider cooperating with the syrian regime forces to defeat isis or is that out of the question? ambassador haley: first of all, all of those are priorities. and really, there is no way to rank because the white house has made every single one of them is the only one you did not mention is north korea, because that is also in that list in terms of that. syria is something we are very concerned about. we have to no love for assad. we have made that very clear. we think he has been a hindrance to piece for a long time -- peac

e for a long time. he is a were criminal. what he is done to his people is nothing more than discussing. we are saying, how do we now work on this? we see that we also have , obviously the extremism, isis and trying to counter that, we see iranian influence of that is not helpful. you will continue to see the u.s. very vocal as it relates to syria. we do want to see peace in that region and want to be part of the solution. >> will you be cooperating with the government of syria to defeat isis? thatsador haley: i think our goal is to do what we can to defeat isis. i don't know that our goal is to talk to assad in doing that. more on what we are landing on is the conversations in geneva and how those are playing out and working in that direction, as opposed to working in direct. back to change and the administration could think otherwise but right now assad is not our number one person to talk to.

we are looking at the geneva talks and being a part of that. >> thank you, madam ambassador. i am from lebanon. i work for a paper in lebanon and for france 24 in france. my question is about the middle east session -- he said it is not going to be focused on .srael as one of the greatest allies of the united states, you said it is iran syria and lebanon hezbollah. on lebanon has the law, -- and hezbollah, would you expect from the lebanese government and what do you expect from unicef, the peacekeeping force on the border of israel to deal with hezbollah there? thank you. ambassador haley: our goal with lebanon is our goal with everyone. had we bring peace and security

how do we bring peace and security back to that area? how do we talk about the peacekeeping mission that is actually productive and working for the people? you can put that in every single region and you can handle the same way. we think lebanon is very important. that is why we want to have that discussed in the middle east briefing. we think so much has been put towards israel and the palestinian authority and not enough has been put toward some of these other issues. i hope they will talk about hezbollah and what is happening in lebanon and how we can move forward in that region so we can start looking at political solutions, because at the end of the day it is the political solutions we are all looking for. >> what's to be done with hezbollah? ambassador haley: we want to get rid of any extremist groups that are there. i don't know, when we get to that point, i will be able to answer that better. right now, our goal is to make sure we are talking about it and making sure it is more of a conversation. >> cbc canada. >> commonwealth.

melissa kent, canadian broadcasting corporation. all the way in the back row. >> high, melissa. >> i know you have spoken about peacekeeping reform and making sure it works on the ground and taking a look at the contributions that are not working and a time to repatriate them. on the flipside, i would like to ask you, what are you expecting from countries that are considering contributing to peacekeeping and how should they read the likelihood that the u.n. will need fewer resources in the future? ambassador haley: we are doing this on a case-by-case. i say this in my national capacity, we really are looking at this on a case-by-case basis and i met with some senators last week to discuss all this and the role of the u.n. and in particular the peacekeeping missions. concernedrs were very about, are we doing enough to help the people on the ground, how can we work harder and smarter?

what i hope member states will do is embrace of the peacekeeping reform measures we are trying to include into a new way of looking at this and become a part of it. we do want to see member states get more involved in terms of contributions and more involved in terms of accountability because we think that those are important. we are starting to see more and more issues around the world. we're not seeing them less, we are starting to see them increase. any influence from member states -- appreciated. >> take a question from a small country called india. [laughter] thank you, madam president. i'm from new delhi, india. i am the diplomatic editor there. for theovered politics last 20-30 years but i'm amazed by your comments in the past few days. >> am i not diplomatic enough

question mark that's diplomatic enough? >> if i could borrow the words of president trump, it seems you're going to make the u.n. great again. coming to terrorism, i saw your tweet on that and you said you would like to name countries. president trump and prime minister modi have talked about this and this is a big issue. you agree there have been attempts in the past two name terrorists in the u.n. list but it is been affected by a veto vote. how would you like to title it geico -- title it? >> i think the administration is looking at all of these avenues and some of the things we have talked about our sanctions and who is on the list and how we have managed to that and that is what we are going to find our place with. we want to make sure we are calling out of those we want to

call out. we want to make sure we are leading towards a result and not sitting back and allowing things to happen. back and allowing things to happen. i think you are obviously seeing a more aggressive administration because we feel in order to lead we have to act and in order to act we have to have those conversations with the national security council. as we go for i think you will see just into months a lot of happened and a lot will continue to happen. it is all about how we can move the ball. are we going to have people that the concern issues, yes, but -- that does not preclude the u.s. from acting as that is not preclude that we will try to change that as well. get it done separately, then we move in another direction to get the same things done.

>> is speaking of human rights, we have been speaking about russia's isolation of human rights, should we be talking more about china's relation of human rights -- violation of human rights? the -- receive any good reception here at the u.n. with your conversation with colleagues including the palestinian ambassador? amb. haley: did you write that down on where he started?

[laughter] amb. haley: this weekend will be very important. i think it will be important at a number of levels. first and foremost, dealing with north korea. the united states has seen china say they are concerned about north korea but we have not seen them act like they were. with this administration wants to see them act and we hope china will respond favorably. that is the goal of this weekend, to see that china will act on north korea. we know at the end of the day, we know the one north korea will china. to will be obviously, they are partnered economically and we need to talk about those things but i do think the way the weekend will go will depend on how that conversation with north korea a is because that is very front

and center. i think the president has made it clear he needs to see actions from china. we hope it is a good conversation and we see real partnership and working together so we all are looking at it favorably. i will not be there. what was your question on the middle east? i'm side. you will have to do these one at a time. >> israel-palestine regional approach as opposed to -- amb. haley: i have been in communication with jason a good bed and terms of his workings and israel and visiting with the palestinian and we are strongly working towards a peace agreement between the two areas but jason is exploring everything. this is with open eyes, how can we get things done, trying to get both sides to bend it little bit. that is the key.

how do we get both sides to bend towards the common good. jason has done good work with that. i think jared has done good work with that. the president as well. my conversation with the representative of the palestine authority was i told him we wanted to see them move toward coming to the table. i told him i thought it was extremely important and our actions were that we were not going to support the palestinians actions here at the u.n. until they came to the table. we needed to see some genuine willingness to come to the table. the representative responded very well. it was a good conversation. what i said was we did not want to see any additional measures brought at the u.n. that would bash israel or lift up the palestinian authority until we can get these new goshen happen and i do think discussions have been more of a hindrance towards the peace process then a help.

it has caused defensiveness to happen and that is never healthy for anything. so our willingness, support, and enthusiasm is very important. topic of the israeli-palestinian conflict, we will take a question. >> hello ambassador haley. i am just wondering, you came out strongly in favor of israel and sort of what they are going through with the u.s. and i know the israelis are very pleased. or you worried that put you in a difficult position to eventually kind of mitigate between the two? amb. haley: i do not worry about that because i've been on us. that is all i have done. tell the truth. call it out like i see it. i will continue to do it. there is no one that does not want to see a peace process

between those two bodies. it can happen, it should happen, we want to see it come together. i do not see any problem with mediator. i am a truth teller on what i think is run it but i think is right and i will continue at that. >> we have a palestinian in the room as well and we will hear from him. daily --rom the arabic and i have many questions. mb. haley: ok'd -- >> it is a big world. it was just announced we are building a new settlement, not expanding the other one. i did not hear any comment from you on that. amb. haley: the answer to that is that we have said we do not think it is helpful to continue expansion.ment in, i did read something where netanyahu is trying to roll that back so that that is not an

issue. i hope we have willingness from besides coming together to really allow for that conversation to take place but we have been very clear we do not think it is up to let this time and we would like to see a pause on that time. dogs 50 years of occupation -- > -- >> but 50 years occupation -- >> we have others to ask questions. or go? >> i have two questions on syria. next year, there will be a meeting on political issues. how do you assess where the parties of the caliphate now, after the geneva? secretary of state tiller said last week and uncle russ said the future is up to the syrian people to decide. -- that mean

amb. haley: it does not mean the u.s. will accept it. it's that we do not think the people want assad anymore. to strongly condemn the actions of assad and when he has done that in tea continues to be directly on our radar in terms of what he does as well as -- russian and arabian ups support of assad is troublesome because when he does these things he should be called out. >> the political process? amb. haley: we very much support what he has done. the complexities he has been having to deal with it and the way he has handled it. i think i met with him to discuss how that political situation is going and that is why we think the geneva talks

are so important. we do think we are forged new cannd the and we think we analyze again what the united states will be doing and how we will handle things in syria. >> and education? >> thank you, madam president. i just wonder about reforms. passedretary-general has 100 days. work of theee the secretary-general in terms of the peacekeeping operations? thank you. amb. haley: the secretary-general has been wonderful to work with. we have a very good, strong relationship. he has been very supportive in the peacekeeping reforms. reform-minded is

himself and we agree on how things have to happen. we work together instead of me saying what i think and he said what he thinks, we actually think alike. so i enjoy that. we are talking about other reforms. management reforms we can could make thel in ways to united nations stronger hands smarter than a way to conduct itself and so i support everything he is doing and we continue to meet or talk once a week at least and we will continue to do that. newspaper pakistan. thank you. much. andpresent a newspaper pakistan. there have been daggers drawn on the kashmir issue. ever before, there are human rights abuses. even when the prime minister the

day before yesterday was in kashmir, the hall of kashmir valley shutdown. do you, can the united states make any effort to get these two together to talk peace is india does not want to have an interlocutor. accept the will united states as interlocutor or any other country so what do you think you can do to bring these two enemies together? amb. haley: i think it is absolutely right and this administration is concerned andt the administration india, pakistan. we want to see how to deescalate any conflict going forwards i would expect the administration is going to be in talks and try and find its place to be a part of that. we do not think we should wait until something happens. we should be proactive in the way we are seeing tensions rise and conflicts start to bubble up

and i want to see if we can be part of it so i think that is something you will see members national security council participated in the and i would not be surprised if the president participates in that as well. >> washington post. madam ambassador, on israel-palestine, the president says he would like to see ,srael's slow down a little bit they have seen a slowdown. or like toyou see see to pave the way for talks? amb. haley: the settlements that have happened are in response to israel was2234 and going to move forward and do

those things and what we're said as let's not do any new settlements. to see a cause on additional settlements and find way to get those two to the table. the fact that they talked new saidements and netanyahu they where trying to be responsive to us and pulling those back, i think is a sign of the fact the israelis are trying to be conscious of what we are trying to dealing and i think the palestinians are showing signs they are trying to be supportive of what we are trying to do and we will continue to be aggressive on that. whether it is people traveling to the area or guests coming to washington, d.c., but we want to keep strong communication and we can start negotiation. >> evelyn? hello everyone. leopold, huffington

post contributor. on the human rights council, is the united states going to stay in? because they don't just allegedly bash israel, they bash a lot of other countries. that is the purpose of it. amb. haley: what we are looking at is, what does the human rights council do well? what does it not do well? what would the united states want to see to continue to participate? i will be going to geneva in june and will be having this conversation is in terms of what add ald like to see a decision about the human rights council will be made after that at some point. we are wanting to give them a chance to actually see if they can fall into line with something we could be a part of. that could be my answer and hopefully we can work towards some positive changes in the human rights council. >> npr?

>> thank you. i have a question regarding syria. we know that political talks will be going on between the rebels, so-called moderate rebels and the regime. but excluded from that is al qaeda and isis. we also know that al qaeda has worked with both sides. i was just wondering, how can the peace agreement really be reached if you only have the two parties and what is going to happen to al qaeda and isis when the two sides reach an agreement? amb. haley: there are no easy answers in syria. you cannot have black and white answers, either. we are dealing with different personalities, different goals, weferent political wills and

are dealing with the fact that there is just terrible human atrocities that are happening on the ground so there is no easy answer with that. i kentucky what we are doing is trying to look at the political nature of what is happening. deciding who our allies are going to be and deciding what to do to combat isis because that is a huge i already. i think as trying to figure out our place in syria is still happening. those talks are ongoing now. the u.s. very much wants to play a role in bringing peace to the area. >> thank you very much. birdie -- mercedes. i heard you come about them a messenger, saying you are fully supported by the white house and that you are working as a team. but from the outside, we see you areo that while

pushing human rights issues at the u.n., president trump this morning for instance that president lcc is doing a fantastic job. doing ant al-sisi is fantastic job. the budget is also $1 billion in support of the peacekeeping troops. so how do you square these issues? amb. haley: i think, you know, america's the country that has always prided itself on valuing all lives and to making sure that human rights is always a part of the conversation. that will not change but when you have different situations that you have to work with certain countries, those friends -- sometimes you have to go into work with every you also say,

look we do not like what you are doing on the human rights level. we can have both of those conversations. it is not one or the other. what has happened in the past is we have either said, this is a friend or this is not a friend. right now, on issues we can have friends on we will. on issues we can't, we won't. but we will not stop talking about human rights is a very important part. we will see what happens in the international rights community as it results to conflict. i see us very much talking about topics of the day and what is import. i know a lot of people like to try and find issues but the white house is very supportive of us talking about human rights because they do value that and they are very supportive because they do know there are issues out there but it does not mean they are not going to talk to egypt or saudi arabia or certain actors because at the end of the day, what do we all want? we all want to fight any sort of

daesh, isis, extremism out there. we will play with whoever we need to play with two do that. but we will not stop calling people out when we see something wrong. so, think we've been very consistent and will continue to be consistent. but if the president goes and says abuse fantastic, fantastic at what? he was not talking about human rights. he did not say they were fantastic at human rights. he did not say that. there is a reason he did not say that. that is what you do with friends. on climate change, the focus of this administration very much is, we do not want to do anything that will hurt our businesses. we think you can walk a fine balance between making sure you're protecting the environment and making sure you are creating a strong economy that allows businesses to function so we think that balance can be had. i think what you sell with the president and what he did was he felt like the previous administration went to her with

the regulations and too far and what they were doing against businesses and he is just trying to balance that back out. >> pam? >> thank you. my question is a follow-up on .he north korea you have secretary of state rex tillerson coming here. what do you expect? obviously some things will happen in mar-a-lago but what do you expect the un security council to do more on north korea to stop north korea given the fact that no one seems to have stopped north korea yet in terms of testing? and, what other heads of war minister levels will come to that meeting on the 20th. amb. haley: a lot will happen on what happens for the end of the month. the decisions that china will make, that will really spell out where at least the united dates wants to go.

from the security council standpoint, we are looking for those foreign minister succumb --ause north america is north korea is an issue. any day we are waiting on another ballistic missile test and our goal is to say, what do we need to do to stop them? the security council has been very supportive of effect this is a problem and so we do need to talk about what we as a counselor going to do to deal with north korea and how do we push that forward? so we hope we get as many foreign minister succumb as possible. i know it is a serious conversation secretary tillerson wants to have. >> the u.n. has published a report about 70 countries and the sanctions. 300 pages worth. do expect to follow that up during this meeting? amb. haley: i think it is important that it will be followed up with president trump and president xi that china imposing those

sanctions. that is obviously what we want to see but all of the other member-states as well. we want to see them actually start doing what the security council said would happen and we want to give support to be part of this so we can talk with one voice. so, i do think that secretary tillerson's briefing will be very much after all of these things have taken place and that will dictate how the briefing goes from there. >> can i do follow? this is rhonda. -- >> rhonda, don't impose your cell phone is. let's be fair to everybody. thanks thank you. >> my question is on libya. the u.s. is planning to act within the united nations and security council on libya and the migrant races? amb. haley: how is the security council going to act? are seeingt what you

is that the u.s. is looking at the issues and trying to figure out how we can lift the people back up and lift the situation back up. i want to say that libya goes back to, if you look at the peaceful protest they had in libya and then you look at the response of the government and how that led into the conflict goinge saw, that again is back to human rights and what we can get us all part. in reference to libya, we went to make sure there is a strong political solution. that we make sure, again, that extremism is not part of the product we are looking at and again this is another thing the united dates love to look at in terms of how we are going to respond. this is still a work in progress. >> two more questions. >> ambassador, you raised a question at the beginning and it reminded me of something one of your predecessor said which is that to blame the united nations for the world's problems is a bit like blaming madison square

garden when the next loose. when the knicks lose. amb. haley: i have been very united nations. i've been surprised in some ways where the focus i think is been just so misguided in certain issues, like the israel-palestinian authority. i cannot believe they have been discussing that every month of every year for the past 10 plus years. that was very surprising to me when you have so many other issues in the middle east that need to be talked about. but i was pleasantly surprised at the kindness and respect that has been here at the united nations. you very much see that countries send their best and brightest year and it is on the name of really wanting peace and security in the world and i love that. i love that is the original

intent. that is what they are trying to do. would you do see if the united nations and when you hear me talk about trying to change the culture of the united agents, it is only because what has happened in this organization is the same thing that happens in every organization. they get stale overtime. they spend more time talking and less time acting. and so we're just trying to remind them that action is the goal of the security council and the united nations and action towards the greater good is the goal and to make sure we are showing value. i think united nations for a long time has gotten into habits and old habits are hard to break and i am in support of breaking those habits. whether they focus on israel, get away from the talk and get two more action. whether it is the fact that how they came together and really started the peacekeeping reform process in a way that was productive or the fact that we are hopefully going to see human rights on the debate. value i amthere is

determined to show from the united nations but in order to do that everyone has to participate. all member states have to be part of that change in culture and process. if we do that, i think that there is no end to what the united nations can do because it is a great place of diplomacy even though some of us are not as diplomatic as others but it is also a place where i think we can come together in a room and without thereues being so much pressure of what is going on in the region. synced on that one. margaret, we can take a question from you then bill and aero and that should wrap it up. >> margaret. just a slight variation on the question. you said a lot about what you do not think works with the u.n.. can you tell us what you think does work? is there any area of the organizations work that is safe

from budget cuts? amb. haley: i think there are a lot of areas in the u.n. that work. that is why i talked about the diplomats sent here from other countries and how impressed i am with them. our press i am with her willingness, care, and believed to do good. so it is not in the people. you are dealing with all of the elements, it is the actions we are trying to change. so i do think a few are dealing with these people, their conversations we need to act that we're not having so we will start having does. i see nothing but support from other people saying, you know, we do need to do this. we do need to act more. start talking about things that not have the same talking points. so i see a lot of opportunities here at the u.n. i know everybody wants to focus on the budget but you have to understand the budget discussion was bigger than just the numbers you want to talk about. the budget discussion was about the that the united states very literaryto put the first, strengthening the military, strengthening the equipment when it has been so

depleted over the years is something the present once to see. the second thing the author once to see if anything else that is there, we finding value in it? can we make it work? how can we make a work? looking at the united nations, do not see that as a threat at all. i see that is asking for more accountability and asking for things to change. all of that is possible here at the united nations because we are seeing that. whether it is with peacekeeping reforms, the israeli report the can out last week and the fact that that came down. we are seeing that with the way the security council is adapting this program and moving forward. we are sing that overall in the energy, anxiousness, accountability that we see all member states want. we will continue moving in that direction and i am constantly in contact with members of congress who want to see the stamping. they want to see value in the u.n. they want to know we are not just constantly being pushed that wen the u.n. and

are actually valued for being the host country and valued for what we're trying to bring and that we do give a lot of money to the process and the international community as a whole and no one wants to be taken for granted. i do not think that is to much to ask. i'm just think, are we appreciated, and if we are appreciated how do we get it works it works better for everybody? i think that is the goal and that is the goal we are going to achieve. >> the a better has a meeting in has to out of here. thank you. >> thank you ambassador. you've been talking about iranian influence in syria and the middle east and general. you mentioned it in your first appearance here in the u.n.. i would like to know if there is are planning to take on this. you have a lot of tool in the security council on terrorism,

iran, yemen, syria, etc. are you planning to take a certain action or step in this regard? how would you conflate your position in iran? amb. haley: i have always been clear on what i think that iran is the main state sponsor of terrorism and it is something that is a problem in every area where they try to put their influence. that is something we went to deal with and i think as the national security council meets on these issues and goes through these issues, we will deal with iran in different ways in different places. the goal is to move that influence out of the way. we do not seen this particular helpful and we see it as being harmful to the world and is on is that is happening we will continue to call them out and show where and when they are being a bad actor and we will look at what we can do to change that he had very and to get others with us on our side to move collectively towards iran.

>> thank you very much. western balkan media. we heard you talking very clearly on the sanctions to states. i would like to hear from you. recently, a couple of days ago, the u.s. senate approved the nato.t for montenegro for i would like to hear your thoughts on that and to update us on your decision on kosovo and bosnia, and also, would you like -- up withre going to just all the questions. >> yes. are you going to attend un security council meeting with because of l and bosnia are on the agenda since your predecessor was mainly absent on those? amb. haley: we will get you answers to all of those

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